(Listen, man. I’m gonna make this up to ya’. I won’t kill ya’ and I’ll be your date for my afterparty.)

In the future, like most major corporations, the UFC and WEC will likely hand out employee handbooks to new signees that list behavioural expectations.On the "DO" list will be things like:

"Hype a fight at all costs, no matter how uninteresting. You may call your opponent a bitch and mention that you want to hurt him if it helps to hype the fight."

and

"Sit out a year if it means you will hold your place in line for the next title shot when the injured champion of your division returns."

On the "DON’T" list will be things like:

"Pull out of a fight due to injury and agree to appear in a movie, no matter how much you need the money and if that is the case, don’t talk about how poor you may be."

and

"Mention in an interview that you want your opponent to die inside the Octagon or insinuate or proclaim that he is a homosexual."

Until they start handing out the manual, they are no doubt going to have to keep apologizing for not only the bad behavior, but also the stupid remarks made by their fighters like Frank Mir and Donald Cerrone.

Fast forward 14 months from Mir’s facepalm sound byte, which was picked up by opponents of the sport like New York Assemblyman, Bob Reilly, who used the offhanded comments as ammunition for his argument that MMA and those involved in the sport are barbaric and inhuman, and Cerrone has seen Mir’s "I want my opponent to die in the Octagon" remark and raised it with a "my opponent is a homosexual" of his own.

Here’s the brunt of what Cerrone said about his September 30 WEC 51 opponent, Jamie Varner‘s heart and sexual preference during an appearance on TapouT Radio earlier this week:

“I don’t know if I can say any more shit about Jamie Varner. I’ve exhausted myself talking about how he has no backbone and what a bitch he is and I really can’t say much more. I just hope he shows up, I hope he just doesn’t throw himself [into a car out] in front of traffic before the fight so he doesn’t have to come. This is real, this isn’t like the WEC trying to get us to you know to amp it up, which I’m not. He’s really a fag. I mean, that’s what he is, you know, and his true colors will show up. You can’t hide your colors, man. They’re going to turn up and everyone’s going to see. He’s going to call timeout or he’s going to look for a way out, he’s got the bitch gene, man, and when you have a bitch gene it don’t matter what you do you can’t fight and you’re either born with it and that’s who you are as a person and you can’t fix that, you know, and it’s going to come out…He has no backbone. He has no spine. He’s just a little bitch, man. I can’t take nothin’ away from the guy as a fighter; I think he’s a champion. He’s a great fighter, but as a person and when the going gets tough – when he all of a sudden is the nail and no longer the hammer – he’s a little bitch. He looks for a way out. He calls time-outs, you know what I mean?"

And here’s what "Cowboy" had to say about wanting Varner to die during their upcoming fight:

“I hope my emotions have everything to do with this fight. I hope they come out and I’m just fucking fired up and all I want to do is go out there and kill him. That’s what going to get me going that first round, you know. I want to come in that first round and just rip his face off, you know, that’s the plan. I don’t want to come in and sit back and let him dictate it. I hope my emotions drive me. I fight better on emotion. Ask Leonard [Garcia]. He trains me every day. When I’m hot and some new guy comes in the gym and wants to throw down, that’s when I do my best, you know. So, I hope my emotions take over and I just kill this dude. I hope this is the first death in MMA.”

MMA is a young sport that is still struggling to gain worldwide mainstream acceptance. When comments like Mir’s and Cerrone’s show up at the top of a search on Google for MMA news, mainstream outlets take notice, but that’s not the type of media attention the sport needs.

"In a recent radio interview, WEC fighter Donald Cerrone went too far in talking about his upcoming fight with Jamie Varner and we believe he crossed a line of decency in doing so," WEC Vice President Peter Dropick said. "We will not tolerate a fighter who makes comments that are not consistent with our company values, nor will we tolerate the use of slurs that may offend any segment of the public. We are aware Donald issued his own immediate apology on Twitter, but we still needed to speak with him about it, and to issue our own statement making our position known.”

From the statement, it’s obvious that the promotion is a bit pissed with Cerrone, and rightly so, but what is unclear if there will be repercussions for the former WEC number one lightweight contender.

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When I’m hot and some new guy comes in the gym and wants to throw down, that’s when I do my best, you know.

you don't say...

Loretta Cunt- September 15, 2010 at 3:53 pm

for real when i met varner all i could think about was= how does he afford that much hair jell on a wec salary? and if anybody saw him on inside mma he was a camera hogging douche and dared to try to disagree with our lord and savior bas rutten

Fried Taco- September 15, 2010 at 3:13 pm

Now if he said Jamie Varner and Nick Ring hang out together, THAT would be calling him a homosexual.

Viva Hate- September 15, 2010 at 2:32 pm

Where is the article(which none of believe) about how Jamie Varner is not actually gay but actually has a gorgeous girlfriend and may also be engaged(but most likely is not.)

Loretta Cunt- September 15, 2010 at 2:01 pm

varner is a fag. i met the dude and i disliked him and thought he was a fucking fag. talked to him for five minutes and wanted him dead as well. i have no problem with the shit talking as long as Cerrone really brings it come fight time

Clyde- September 15, 2010 at 1:46 pm

I don't have a problem with death threats or calling people fags, what I don't like, is hollow appologies.

ghostboner- September 15, 2010 at 1:20 pm

I suppose in fairness I need to credit Varner with an awesome fight. Cause that was a sweet fight.. But the dude can just never quit while he is ahead.

ghostboner- September 15, 2010 at 1:17 pm

When you are as awesome as Cerrone you should be able to say whatever the hell you want. Shit, Manny Gamburyan can make poorly worded references to genocide but Don can't even say he wants to kill Varner? Varner IS a fag, and EVERYONE wants to kill him.

Need I remind you of the moments immediately following his draw with Kamal Shalorus?

hooligun- September 15, 2010 at 12:52 pm

fag shmag - no-one gives a fuck about that shit. 1st death in MMA sounds a bit too corny WWE for my liking....... either way I hope they both attack constantly and that one of em finishes the other. Everything else is pretty much BS imho ;)

disastras- September 15, 2010 at 12:47 pm

South Park did an episode on the word fag and how people modernly use it. This clearly wasn't an attack on the man's sexuality. Anyone that hears it and associates it with a homosexual is insinuating that it means homosexual and not annoying/irritating/etc. When someone says that using the word fag is referring to a gay person, they are continuing to make the word hurtful for gays. There is only loose speculation as to why it is used to mean gay in the first place. Welcome to the 90's; the word is changing. Way to turn molehills into mounds... fag.

Bill Jackson- September 15, 2010 at 12:24 pm

Mir made those statements before his fight with Shane Carwin. He was looking forward to a third fight with Brock Lesnar. Not before UFC 100.

Mr_Misanthropy- September 15, 2010 at 12:24 pm

I would certainly enjoy fights more if people were at least attempting to kill each other.

El Guapo- September 15, 2010 at 12:03 pm

I'm from L.A. Just like saying that "Tex" line, using my country voice. It's funny(to me, at least), every time I say that people from Texas say the same thing... "WE DON'T TALK LIKE THAT!!"

Also, my Pop's from Chicago so I'm a die hard Bears fan. Since we play dem 'Boys this week, I think it's only fitting that I warn you Romo's going down!! I ain't talking some dumb blonde's kitty kat, either.

topdog- September 15, 2010 at 11:50 am

El Guapo where you from? Hailing from Dallas here. I dont disagree with anything he said except the "death in mma" line. He is somewhat making the sport look bad because of its toddler stage in the mainstream media. Maybe he should of went with the "I'm gonna eat your kids bitch" ala Mike Tyson.

RwilsonR- September 15, 2010 at 11:49 am

I think the part about wanting to literally kill him was much worse han calling him a fag. Who cares about calling him a fag? People are too fucking sensitive.

J-Dog- September 15, 2010 at 11:47 am

People throw out the terms "fag", "faggot" and "gay" very loosely in conversation to mean anything from homosexual to genrally negative/goofy/silly/stupid (e.g. "that's so gay"). It doesn't mean it's right, but it doesn't necessarily mean it's a homosexual hate reference every time those words are said. It's obvious that Cerrone used "fag" to mean "wussy". He should have chosen his words better for sure, but the homosexual audience shouldn't get all butt hurt about it... unless their butts hurt from their gay sexual practices.

El Guapo- September 15, 2010 at 11:19 am

"Hi, my name is Tex. I'm from Texas."

Always thought cowboys were supposed to be all stoic and what not, above all that shit talking nonsense. Tough, yes. Shit talkers, no. Then again, I'm from the big city so what the f'k do I know?

Barc- September 15, 2010 at 11:10 am

So he called Varner a fag... He didn't explicitly refer to his sexual preference. A Fag is either a cigarette, or pretty much someone's bitch. Anyone in here from the UK can probably clarify a bit better, but until Cerrone actually refers to him as a homosexual I'm gonna call bullshit. I hope he "kills" varner too. I hope he makes a "killing" in doing so. God i'm pumped for this fight!

As Good As Anyone- September 15, 2010 at 10:55 am

"From the statement, it's obvious that the promotion is a bit pissed with Cerrone, and rightly so, but what is unclear if there will be repercussions for the former WEC number one welterweight contender."

you mean lightweight contender, CP

agentsmith- September 15, 2010 at 10:51 am

Cerrone comes off just like all the cowboys I grew up with: an arrogant "tough guy" cunt.

Varner may not be all that likable either, but I'm not down with calling him a pussy for "quitting" after getting kneed in the fucking face when he was down. Cerrone's lucky he wasn't DQ'd outright, and was losing the fight anyway.